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The site
The model
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The towers
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The grounds display the hillcrest which dominates the Bréda
creek canyon (picture top, with the rocky cliff). |
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The fort itself is only made of a wall protected in its two
extremities by towers and overlooking the Bréda creek canyon. |
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Two rows of moats surround the fort, protected by palisades. |
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Bridges allowed to cross moats and enter every court through “tornefols”,
sorts of sliding gates on a horizontal axis. Chicanes
complicated the access for the attackers. |
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Below the fort was the camp of the masons, the carpenters and
the other laborers of the construction site. The numerous guards
who protected the construction camped here as well. The numerous
wounded persons of the previous attacks were brought here for
relief. |
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The Fort of Mont-Briton: The Model
